Men, masculinities and health: critical perspectives

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Foreword K.Hunt Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Introduction What is the Point of This Book? B.Gough& S.Robertson PART I: CURRENT ISSUES AND DEBATES IN THE FIELD OF MEN'S HEALTH Developing a Critical Men's Health Debate in Academic Scholarship M.Lohan A Grand Illusion: Masculinity, 'Passing' and Men's Health D.Buchbinder Men, Public Health and Health Promotion: Towards a Critically Structural and Embodied Understanding S.Robertson & R.Williams Bugging the Cone of Silence With Men's Health Interviews J.L.Oliffe PART II: POPULAR CONCEPTIONS OF MEN'S HEALTH AND WELLBEING Men's Negotiations of a 'Legitimate' Self-help Group Identity S.Seymour-Smith Older Men's Health: The Role of Marital Status and Masculinities K.Davidson& R.Meadows Promoting 'Masculinity' Over Health: A Critical Analysis of Men's Health Promotion With Particular Reference to an Obesity Reduction 'Manual' B.Gough The Health Experiences of African-Caribbean and White Working Class Fathers R.Williams PART III: MEN, MASCULINITIES AND ILLNESS Pathologizing Fatherhood: The Case of Male Post Natal Depression in Britain E.Lee Prostate Cancer and Masculinities in Australia A.Broom Understanding Masculinities within the Context of Men, Body Image and Eating Disorders M.Drummond The Role of Masculinities in White and South Asian Men's Help-seeking Behaviour for Cardiac Chest Pain P.Galdas Afterword: What Next for Men's Health Research? S.Robertson& B.Gough Index

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